Trash Kit are back on the scene with new album Horizon, and it is so utterly disarming, so evocative and genuine that its rounded guitar tones and soul-shifting rhythms float through the air to you on a soft summer breeze.
Wearing its Zimbabwean influences proudly on its sleeve the mesmerising polyrhythmia of the title track is pure and honest, a snaking guitar line embellished with saxophone blasts and drums which surge up to a thrilling climax. 'Get Out of Bed' seizes upon this gentle groove, adding lush layers and positive messages onto an already full-bodied sound which ripples like a flag's shadow.
Undulating drums permeate the album, intertwining with syncopated melodies which strike chords on the spirit, but things take delicious twists and delightful turns throughout. The more urgent, dare we say more constricted, 'Disco' marches on an urgent beat, as relentless as time but with that same disarming smile. Taking this harder edge further, the close post-punk riffs and fuzzy guitar tones on 'See Through' move away from the open-air grooves and into (ironically) one of the least transparent tracks on the record, but before you know it the roof busts off and twilit warmth spills into the room as 'Traffic Lights' blooms into a green-lit jazzy wig-out under early evening stars.
Horizon – out now on Upset The Rhythm – is a white cloud in an azure blue sky, an album which conjures images when you close your eyes and serves as the magic carpet to take you where you need to go. This one won't go off but is best enjoyed chilled in the sunshine so snap it up and drink it in as soon as you can.
Words - Joe Ponting
Horizon is out now on Upset The Rhythm